THE SIGMA TRUST

Spending focus for this trust

This trust's data covers the financial year September 2024 to August 2025 academies accounts return (AAR).

Data for academies in a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) includes a share of MAT central finance.

Premises staff and services

High 7 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Alton Park Junior School £153 per square metre
2 Colne Community School £97 per square metre
3 Holland Park Primary School £82 per square metre
4 The Thomas Lord Audley School £69 per square metre
5 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School £67 per square metre
6 Philip Morant School and College £59 per square metre
7 Harwich and Dovercourt High School £51 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

High 7 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School £588 per pupil
2 Paxman Academy £456 per pupil
3 St Helena School £423 per pupil
4 Philip Morant School and College £421 per pupil
5 Harwich and Dovercourt High School £380 per pupil
6 Colne Community School £363 per pupil
7 Holland Park Primary School £347 per pupil

Educational ICT

High 6 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Helena School £8 per pupil
2 Harwich and Dovercourt High School £5 per pupil
3 Clacton County High School £5 per pupil
4 Monkwick Junior School £4 per pupil
5 Alton Park Junior School £3 per pupil
6 The Stanway School £1 per pupil

Utilities

High 2 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Alton Park Junior School £36 per square metre
2 Clacton County High School £21 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 2 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Harwich and Dovercourt High School £6,280 per pupil
2 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School £6,158 per pupil

Other costs

High 1 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Clacton County High School £1,242 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 1 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colne Community School £335 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 9 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Harwich and Dovercourt High School £210 per pupil
2 St Helena School £183 per pupil
3 Philip Morant School and College £177 per pupil
4 Clacton County High School £170 per pupil
5 Colne Community School £170 per pupil
6 The Thomas Lord Audley School £164 per pupil
7 Alton Park Junior School £164 per pupil
8 Monkwick Junior School £146 per pupil
9 Holland Park Primary School £138 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 7 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Paxman Academy £139 per pupil
2 Harwich and Dovercourt High School £137 per pupil
3 The Stanway School £132 per pupil
4 Philip Morant School and College £129 per pupil
5 Colne Community School £122 per pupil
6 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School £117 per pupil
7 Holland Park Primary School £80 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 7 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Alton Park Junior School £5,965 per pupil
2 St Helena School £5,910 per pupil
3 Paxman Academy £5,899 per pupil
4 Clacton County High School £5,634 per pupil
5 The Stanway School £5,536 per pupil
6 Monkwick Junior School £5,158 per pupil
7 Holland Park Primary School £4,955 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 5 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Helena School £57 per square metre
2 Paxman Academy £54 per square metre
3 Monkwick Junior School £53 per square metre
4 The Stanway School £53 per square metre
5 Clacton County High School £32 per square metre

Educational ICT

Medium 5 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Paxman Academy £17 per pupil
2 Philip Morant School and College £15 per pupil
3 Holland Park Primary School £15 per pupil
4 Colne Community School £10 per pupil
5 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School £7 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 5 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Philip Morant School and College £506 per pupil
2 Harwich and Dovercourt High School £379 per pupil
3 Paxman Academy £330 per pupil
4 Holland Park Primary School £148 per pupil
5 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School £133 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 5 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School £789 per pupil
2 Paxman Academy £762 per pupil
3 Monkwick Junior School £674 per pupil
4 Alton Park Junior School £640 per pupil
5 Colne Community School £615 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 4 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Clacton County High School £369 per pupil
2 Monkwick Junior School £349 per pupil
3 The Stanway School £332 per pupil
4 The Thomas Lord Audley School £330 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 3 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Helena School £18 per square metre
2 Philip Morant School and College £15 per square metre
3 The Thomas Lord Audley School £15 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 7 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Helena School £644 per pupil
2 Harwich and Dovercourt High School £583 per pupil
3 The Thomas Lord Audley School £555 per pupil
4 Clacton County High School £513 per pupil
5 The Stanway School £499 per pupil
6 Holland Park Primary School £461 per pupil
7 Philip Morant School and College £453 per pupil

Utilities

Low 7 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Holland Park Primary School £13 per square metre
2 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School £13 per square metre
3 The Stanway School £13 per square metre
4 Colne Community School £12 per square metre
5 Paxman Academy £11 per square metre
6 Harwich and Dovercourt High School £10 per square metre
7 Monkwick Junior School £7 per square metre

Educational supplies

Low 6 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Stanway School £444 per pupil
2 The Thomas Lord Audley School £432 per pupil
3 Clacton County High School £350 per pupil
4 St Helena School £330 per pupil
5 Alton Park Junior School £200 per pupil
6 Monkwick Junior School £164 per pupil

Other costs

Low 4 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Helena School £127 per pupil
2 Alton Park Junior School £116 per pupil
3 The Thomas Lord Audley School £109 per pupil
4 Monkwick Junior School £102 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 3 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Paxman Academy £160 per pupil
2 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School £145 per pupil
3 The Stanway School £138 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 3 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Thomas Lord Audley School £6,041 per pupil
2 Colne Community School £5,256 per pupil
3 Philip Morant School and College £5,234 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 1 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Thomas Lord Audley School £26 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 1 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Alton Park Junior School £371 per pupil